UN declares famine in southern Somalia

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UN declares famine in southern Somalia

Prophecy Sign:  Droughts and famine.

Please pray for the Horn of Africa that rains will come to end the drought, that the civil wars will end, and that the peoples of the region will have an abundance of food.  Perhaps these things will not happen until Christ sets up his millennial kingdom, but we should pray for relief to happen now nonetheless.


Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. Matthew 24:7-8 NIV

From the articles:
The United Nations said Wednesday that famine has hit two parts of rebel-held Somalia, due to a severe drought affecting more than 10 million people in the Horn of Africa. "The United Nations declared today that famine exists in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool, and Lower Shabelle," a statement by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia said. Both are areas controlled by Al-Qaeda inspired Shebab insurgents.
"Across the country nearly half of the Somali population -- 3.7 million people -- are now in crisis, of whom an estimated 2.8 million people are in the south," the statement read. "Consecutive droughts have affected the country in the last few years, while the ongoing conflict has made it extremely difficult for agencies to operate and access communities in the south of the country," it added.
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Tens of thousands of Somalians are dying from malnutrition as the worst drought in 60 years causes massive food shortages and famine in some parts of the country. The United Nations declared a famine in lower Shabelle and southern Bakool, where malnutrition rates are higher than anywhere else in the world. In some areas, more than half the population are malnourished. More than 30 percent of Somalian children are acutely malnourished.

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